shanzhai’d feiyue ::
:: today at a small shop on Dagu Lu (right next to the Alley #489 gate) in Shanghai I came across a pair of shanzhai’d Feiyue (飞跃) sneakers called “Feiyin.” (RMB 18) Compare the photos below with the real thing.
At the same shop I also found some Rongguang Brand (荣光牌) sneakers, which I had never heard of before and still cant find any info on. I don‘t know who is shanzhai’ing who, but these look almost identical to The People’s Shoes (人民牌) that I recently introduced here. Interestingly, a pair of Rongguang Brand is shown on the “The People’s Shoes” web site (see the fourth picture). [UPDATE: Anton Brandt from The People's Shoes has informed me that they in fact work together with Rongguang Brand to produce their shoes.] For RMB 20, you too can be the proud owner of a pair of Rongguang Brand. (RMB 20)
This shop also had Chinese electrical workers’ boots. I picked up a pair for RMB 18. // AjS
March 7th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
This is a long running joke/story among kung fu ppl and has come up again and again in the 7 years I’ve been here. People get recommended Feiyues and come back with Feiyins … and there’s almost no diff cos feiyues are so low rent themselves.
March 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
My friend just picked up a pair of Feiyues that had Warrior written on the sides where the Feiyue text normally sits. The best part was that Warrior was in the same font as Feiyue, but also on the tongue and sole of the shoe were the Warrior (huili) emblems and logos.
March 9th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
@ Matt, remarkable indeed. :-)
// AjS